Ethics. My favorite topic! Being a hopelessly optimistic and naïve person, I am often surprised by unethical behavior. I have seen it in management and employees alike, and it always comes as a shock. Once I have identified this behavior in...Read More »
The annual CDI Salary Survey serves as a benchmark, a stake in the ground, that illustrates the average earnings of those working in the field. In the earliest days of the profession, CDI specialists...Read More »
Documentation and billing add stress to pediatric providers’ daily practice, according to more than 70% of respondents to a recent national survey of pediatric care providers published in Clinical Pediatrics.Read More »
Q:We recently had a patient who met criteria for sepsis, but they also presented with a narcotic overdose. Would we be able to code the sepsis based on the criteria present or should we query?Read More »
If you’re coming to the 2018 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI, November 8-9, at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista—Disney Springs™ Area in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, make sure to book your hotel room now.Read More »
Just as CDI Week celebrations wouldn’t be nearly as exciting without the involvement of our friends in other departments, CDI departments should take a moment this week to recognize their case management counterparts.Read More »
